Theory and History of Music for Non-Verbal Theatre 1

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Subject guarantor:

Vlastislav MATOUŠEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Vlastislav MATOUŠEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The study aim is to acquire a comprehensive and continual overview of individual eras in the history of music, a knowledge of biographies and works of composers and an idea of the formal form hidden under many musical composition terms

Mode of study:

Instructor presentation, listening to core examples

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Course contents:

The presentation is focused on antique music culture to the early multi-voice middle-ages and selected characteristics of ars nova.

1. Mesopotamia

2. Ancient Greece and Rome

3. Music from the early middle-ages to ars nova.

Recommended or required reading:

Gerald Abraham: Stručné dejiny hudby, Hudobné centrum Bratislava 2003

Václav Holzknecht: Kniha o hudbě, Orbis Praha 1964

Naďa Hrčková : Dějiny hudby I

Miloš Navrátil: Dějiny hudby, Votobia Praha 2003

Michels Ulrich: Encyklopedický atlas hudby, NLN 2000

Bohuslav Vítek: Přehled dějin hudby (Faktografický souhrn), 1994

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on attendance and completion of the course paper.

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Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Non-Verbal Theatre (Bc) ()